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Star-Studded Comics (1963 Texas Trio) comic books 1966

  • Issue #8
    Star-Studded Comics (1963 Texas Trio) 8
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Star-Studded Comics 8 - March 1966 Format: Photo offset printing Wrap-around binding with staples in center. Original price was 50 cents Color cover by Richard "Grass" Green features Xal-Kor the Human Cat. Back cover features the Changling, Powerman, the Defender, the White Dragon, and Doctor Weird. "Let's Talk It Over!" column notes that a reprint of issue number four is available and that it is in the wrap-around format not the stapling on the side which was used in the first printing of issue number four. Asks readers if there would be any interest in a Star-Studded Comics Annual. Although there was favorable response, the Texas Trio never did a Star-Studded Comics Annual. Notes that the print run of this issue was 500 copies. Issue also has an advertisement for "The Guidebook to Comic Fandom" which is "designed primarily for the fan who wishes to know more about Fandom; its history, current status and activity, and its future." Full page ad for "The Broken Sword" a comic strip serial by Poul Anderson and George Barr which will begin in Trumpet number four, a fanzine published by Tom Reamy. First issue in which the letters are moved from "Let's Talk It Over!" In this issue, they are featured in "From Our Readers" and contain letters Al Kuhfeld, Donald D. Ensign, Landon Chesney, George R.R. Martin, Leonard Tirado, and Jerry Page. Stories:Xal-Kor the Human Cat in "Operation Big Move!" Comic story with script and art by Richard "Grass" Green The White Dragon Strikes Back! Text story by John Wright with illustrations by Don Fowler (AKA Buddy Saunders) Doctor Weird in "The Slaves of the She Beast!" Comic story with script by Raymond Miller and art by Landon Chesney The Changling in "Agent of the C.I.A.!" Text story by Buddy Saunders with illustrations by Don Fowler (AKA Buddy Saunders) Powerman and the Defender versus Zygot Comic story with script by Al Milgrom and art by J. Star and Don Fowler (AKA Buddy Saunders) Cover price $0.50.

  • Issue #9
    Star-Studded Comics (1963 Texas Trio) 9
    • Moisture damage
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Star-Studded Comics 9 - Summer 1966 Format: Photo offset printing Wrap-around binding with staples in center. Original price was 50 cents Color cover by Buddy Saunders features Doctor Weird. Back cover by D. Bruce Berry for Vale Proditor! "Let's Talk It Over!" notes print run of this issue was 500 copies. "From Our Readers" features letters from Dennis Richard, John Melvin, Landon Chesney, John Wright, George R.R. Martin, Dave Bibby, and William C. Lee. Full page ad for audio tapes of a Captain Marvel serial, the Superman Broadway play, and the Mad Magazine Broadway play. Stories:Dr. Weird in "The Curse of Skullwing!" Comic story with script by Larry Herndon and art by Alan Weiss Powerman versus "The Transmuter" Comic story with script by Dave Bibby and art by Bill Dubay Vale Proditor! Text story by Howard Waldrop and illustrations by Buddy Saunders. Today Waldrop is a noted science fiction writer. This was possibly his first published story. Xal-Kor the Human Cat in "A Friend in Need!" Comic story with script and art by Richard "Grass" Green Cover price $0.50.